Friday, 19 April 2019

NigerianEye: “How embattled CJN Walter Onnoghen was convicted” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “How embattled CJN Walter Onnoghen was convicted” plus 29 more


How embattled CJN Walter Onnoghen was convicted

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 08:19 PM PDT

Suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Onnoghen lost yesterday the battle to affirm his integrity. The Code of COnduct Tribunal (CCT) pronounced him guilty of violation of the Code of...

Kogi state university commits suicide over boyfriend

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 08:20 PM PDT

A 100-level student of the Kogi State University, Ayingba, Miss Rebecca Michael, on Wednesday allegedly committed suicide after her boyfriend reportedly broke up with her. It was gathered that the...

Tears flow as innocent football fan murdered by SARS, Kolade Johnson is buried

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 08:20 PM PDT

Tears flowed at the Atan Cemetery, Yaba, on Thursday as the remains of a 36-year-old football fan, Kolade Johnson, who was shot dead by an operative of the Special Anti-Cultism Squad, were laid to...

Nigerian church opens free specialist hospital for pregnant women

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 08:20 PM PDT

A Nigerian church, the Omega Power Ministry, has opened a specialist hospital for pregnant women. The hospital, according to the General Overseer of OPM, Apostle Chinyere Chibuzor, will attend to...

SIM card swapping: ‘Beware of fraudsters’ new tricks’

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 08:16 PM PDT

The Oyo State Police Command yesterday advised the public to be vigilant in order not to fall victim to new tricks used by fraudsters to break into bank accounts. The advice came following the...

'Tell Buhari Nigerians are hungry' - Gani Adams to Femi Adesina

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 08:04 PM PDT

The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Chief Gani Adams, on Thursday took on the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, on the claim that life had...

'Your tenure is a total waste' - PDP blasts Kogi state governor

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 08:01 PM PDT

The Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has described the administration of Governor Yahaya Bello as four years of waste. It claimed that the administration could not point to one...

NUC approves Nigeria’s 171st university

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 07:58 PM PDT

The National Universities Commission has approved the take-off of the University of Agriculture and Environmental Science in Umuagwo, Imo State, which is now the 171st university in the country. The...

Nigeria spends N16 Billion annually on beans importation – FG

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 07:56 PM PDT

Despite being the number one producer of beans in the world, Nigeria spends N16bn annually to import the produce from neighbouring countries, the Federal Government has said. Speaking at a training...

Nigeria has what it takes to overcome challenges – Jonathan

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 07:37 PM PDT

Former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has said that the country has what it takes to overcome its challenges. He, therefore, urged Nigerians not to give up on the nation in the face of unabating...

Chelsea book their place in Europa League semi-finals

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 03:04 PM PDT

Chelsea have booked their place in the Europa League semi-finals and in the process, set a new record for English teams in Europe. A Pedro brace, along with an Olivier Giroud tally and an own goal...

Arsenal breeze past Napoli to cruise into Europa League semis

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 02:58 PM PDT

Alexandre Lacazette scored the only goal as Arsenal dispatched Napoli 1-0 on Thursday to advance to the Europa League semi-finals 3-0 on aggregate. Lacazette's stunning 36th-minute free-kick put the...

60 million Nigerians are illiterates – FG

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 02:08 PM PDT

Sonny Echono, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, says nearly 60 million Nigerians are illiterates. Echono made this known on Thursday at the Federal Government College Otobi, during...

VIDEO: Two dead, cars burnt as petroleum tanker explodes in Ibadan

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 02:01 PM PDT

No fewer than two people lost their lives when a petroleum tanker exploded and went up in flames on Thursday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. It was gathered that the tanker, fully loaded with...

Osinbajo didn’t ask me to quit Senate Presidency race – Senator Ndume

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 01:51 PM PDT

Former Senate Leader and a contestant for the position of Senate President of the incoming 9th Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, has denied refusing entreaties by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to step down...

Labour commends Buhari for signing Minimum Wage Bill

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 01:36 PM PDT

The Organised Labour has commend President Muhammad Buhari for assenting to the National Minimum Wage Amendment Act approving N30,000 for the least paid worker in the country. It would be recalled...

‘Users have moved to other platforms’ — BlackBerry Messenger shuts down on May 31

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 01:33 PM PDT

Blackberry has announced that its messaging platform will be shut down on May 31, because "users have moved on to other platforms, while new users proved difficult to sign on". In a statement issued...

Easter: Saraki salutes Christians, calls for sacrifices in national interest

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 12:12 PM PDT

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has called on all Nigerians to imbibe the value of sacrificing in the interest of the country as demonstrated by Jesus Christ whose selfless...

Merchants of evil won’t overwhelm Nigeria under my watch -Buhari

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 01:30 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari says he will not allow those he described as "merchants of evil and death" to overwhelm the country under his watch. In the Easter message issued on his behalf by Garba...

Workers to earn N30,000 as Buhari signs minimum wage into law

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 10:26 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed the Minimum Wage Repeal and Reenactment Bill, 2019 into law.  Senator Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly...

CCT finds Onnoghen guilty, bans him from public office for 10 years, removes him as CJN, Chairman NJC

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 10:27 AM PDT

The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Thursday in its judgment over alleged non-asset declaration against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, banned him from holding public office for 10 years. It also...

It’s not over – Onnoghen’s lawyer reveals next action

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 10:33 AM PDT

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Okon Efut, who led the former Chief Justice of Nigeria Walter Onnoghen's defence team at Thursday's proceedings of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, has reacted to the...

CCT dismisses Onnoghen’s application challenging its jurisdiction

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 10:27 AM PDT

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) says it has jurisdiction to try Walter Onnoghen, suspended chief justice of Nigeria (CJN). Danladi Umar, CCT chairman, gave the ruling on Thursday, saying Onnoghen...

Saraki reacts as Buhari finally signs Minimum Wage Bill into law

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 09:45 AM PDT

Senate President, Bukola Saraki has reacted as President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Minimum Wage Repeal and Reenactment Bill, 2019 into law. Senator Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the...

Omokri reacts as CCT bans Onnoghen from holding public office, confiscates funds

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 09:35 AM PDT

Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has reacted to the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, judgement against the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen, over alleged...

Court sacks Buhari’s ex-aide elected into house of reps

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 09:31 AM PDT

A federal high court sitting in Kano has disqualified Sulaiman Sumaila, a former aide of President Muhammadu Buhari, as the duly elected representative of Sumaila/Takai federal constituency of Kano...

Sharia Court gives labourer six-month jail, 20 strokes of cane for stealing phone

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 09:30 AM PDT

A Sharia Court in Minna on Thursday sentenced a labourer, Hamisu Umar, to 20 strokes of cane for stealing a mobile phone. The presiding judge, Ahmed Bima, also sentenced Umar to six months in...

UTME: 3 docked for double registration

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 09:10 AM PDT

The police in Ibadan on Thursday arraigned three persons in an Iyaganku Magistrates' Court for alleged double registration in 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organised by the...

Police arrest fake Army Major in Delta

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 08:52 AM PDT

Delta State Police Command on Thursday said it arrested a fake Army Major. The suspect, who was identified as Blessing Emelor 'm' was arrested on April 6, 2019, along Warri axis. Blessing Emelor...

Buhari’s aide reacts to CCT's removal of Onnoghen as CJN, NJC Chairman

Posted: 18 Apr 2019 08:48 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari's Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, has reacted to the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT's conviction of suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter...

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